Acquired Brown's syndrome and primary Sjogren's syndrome.
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Brown's syndrome is characterised by limitation of elevation of the adducted eye. This disorder has been described in association with a number of connective tissue disorders including rheumatoid arthritis,' juvenile chronic arthritis,2 and systemic lupus erythematosus.3 We report here the case of a patient with primary Sjogren's syndrome who developed unilateral Brown's syndrome. To our knowledge this association has not been described previously.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 79 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995